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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25

Atlanta has whipped the fight against the
rain. This is as usual She always whips the
fight.
President Cleveland was specially i'm
pressed with the eanestness and cordiality
Of the crowd, in spite of the rain. Time and
again, in riding through the crowd, he called
attention to their courtesy and patience in
standing through hours OF rain waiting,
packed like sardines, to see the president
and give him welcome.
Three more days of the exposition remain.
Let them be made equal to the days that
have passed. The exposition is intact and
better than ever. Every exhibitor put on
some finishing touches for the president and
the exposition is now more brilliant than il
ever has been.
The truth is, the exposition ought tc
stand for six months as an object lesson fol-
the people, and an evidence of the marvel
lous resources of this section of the country
II must be closed, however, on Saturday
night. There are but three more days
therefore, to see it. Those who miss it vii
miss sight that viii be of lasting benef
and Of immediate interest.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25

When the unemployed laborers and the
suffering poor of London raise the cry of
''Breadl' the governing classes have good
reason to be alarmed. When the hungry
thousands of the great metropolis swarm
through the streets and in the public
squares yelling "Breadn' their rulers trem-
bic. A hungry British mob will call for
blood when bread is not forthcoming.
The demonstrations in London are more
significant than the red flag nonsense of the
anarchists in Chicago. The anarchists are
not suffering. They are sleek and well fed.
They are able to spend half their time in
idleness, and they have not only bread but
beer and plenty of it.
In London the case is different. There,
poverty is genuine. There, the common
lot is one of hopeless misery. The poor are
all the time growing poorer, and the rich
are growing richer. At the end of hard
summer hosts of unemployed workingmen
find themselves facing the horrors of winter.
Discomfort among such people means some
thing, and their complaints and threats
mean trouble.
In the event of an outbreak the police of
l1O1NOh NpulNt ItNC tiic an VI d StIcitss
military force, but it is difficult to cope
successfully with the desperate fury of a
mob. More than one bloody chapter in the
history of Paris shows the weakness of the
police and the military when the masses are
up and the revolt is on.
London has volcano under it in the
shape of its oppressed and starving poor.
One of these days the outbreak will come
and the city will be wrecked, just as Paris
has been wrecked time and again. Such
periods come in the history of all great
cities. In the long run the old government
or new one straightens out the tangle, but
during the brief upheaval the mischief is
done.
Englands greatest danger is not in Ire
land. 1t is at home. The failure to realize
this is the worst blunder that the tories
have made, and when they see it they will
be powerless to apply the remedy. Hungry
London is preparing for her feast, and it
will be a sad occasion for those who furnish
/ il.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
An Interesting Dreamer.

San Antonio, Texas, had thrilling SEN
sation the other day. Mrs. Truax, an
estimable lady, was found in her back yard,
in an insensible condition. When restored
to consciousness, she stated that four mask
ed men had forced their way into her bed
room, and after maltreating her, had en-
yeloped her in blanket and carried her out
Of the house.
The story of the lady created the most in
tense excitement, and the police went to
work to get at the bottom of the mystery.
1t is relief to the good citizens of San
Antonio to know that, after most ex-
haustive investigation, it is the opinion of
the experts that Mrs. Truax was not assault
ed by anybody, but is simply the victim of
horrible dream, on the nightmare order.
This dream theory possibly explains much
that would otherwise be unaccountable.
From time to time, the country is startled
by reported outrages upon women, and in
some of these cases there is no evidence
| whatever except the statements of the
alleged sufferers. Perhaps these unfortunates
are laboring under delusive mania. There
are many instances on record where women
in hysterical condition, have told the most
| remarkable stories. Some years ago, Lady
Florence Dixie excited all England, by
claiming that she was followed and attacked
| by conspirators who were determined to
have her life. 1t turned out that the whole
business existed only in her diseased imagi-
nation.
1t may be, that Mrs. Truax's case, belongs
to the hysterical class of imaginary out
RACES. 1t is certainly easier to take this
view OF it, than it is to believe that four
masked men played such pranks with her
as she tells about. As rule, an extra
ordinary story should be received with an
extraordinary degree of caution.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
CONSTITUTION ATLANTA OCTOBER 2 1887

sentence committed. He writes to the gov
ernor that he is either guilty or innocent
If guilty, he prefers death rather than to
go ''Iike the quarry slave at night, scourged
to his dungeon" If innocent, he is entitled
to, and will accept nothing less than lib
erty.
This is brave talk. But the anarchist
drops into mere drivel towards the close of
his letter. He claims that there is judicial
conspiracy to murder the condemned an
archists. He protests against this judicial
crime, but repeats his determination to
suffer death rather than accept commute
ton. In conclusion he asks the governor
to examine the record Of the trial and de-
eide whether the prisoners are guilty or in
nocent.
This man is perhaps the only genuine
American among the Chicago anarchists.
He is something Of a crank but his Ameri-
can pluck bears him up to the last We
must not allow this mans heroism in bad
cause to excite our sympathy. He is the
open and ayowed enemy of society, law and
ORDER There is no room in this country
for such men. There is an opening for
dead anarchists, but there is no place for
them while they are alive. The sooner An
archist Parsons and his fellow outlaws are
under the sod, the better it will be for those
who are left behind.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
Cool Woman.

Tho wife Of Banker Rawson, of Chicago.
Is one of the coolest women that ever step
ped.
Pending the divorce proceedings insti-
tuted against her by her husband, her son
met the old man coming out of church and
riddled him with bullets. A reporter called
on Mrs. Rawson at her hotel and told the
tragic story. The lady heard him through
and said: 81 am glad of 1t! In front of the
church? It was just the place. The old hypo-
critic; in front of the church. PAIL Did all
the shot hit him?'
After these remarks, Mrs. Rawson, who
is described as very beautiful woman,
seemed to lose all interest in the matter.
The newspaper man endeavored to continue
the conversation, but as the bankers wife
ynwned and showed signs Of going to sleep,
he CONSIDERABLY took his leave.
The manner and the utterances Of this
remarkable woman naturally give color to
the suspicion that she knew the murderous
design OF her son, and encouraged him in it,
She claims that she is an injured wife and
that her husband has resorted 10 the most
infamous means in order to blast her repu-
II ttNi SAtlt VI Nlt SUI - AthCs IL IS
not surprising that her son Shot the banker
down at the church door.
still, the GOODNESS of Mrs. Rawson, and
her lack of feeling, win prejudice the pub
lie against her. A hard-hcarted and re-
veugcful woman has few sympathizers. The
Walworth case, about fifteen years ago, was
very different from the Rawson affair. Mans
field Tracy Walworth, the novelist, was sep
arated from his wife and treated her very
badly His son, a mere youth. punished
him by killing him, but his mother, so far
from approving the deed, suffered the Bit
terest agony. Family influence and sympa-
thy did not save young Walworth He went
to the penitentiary and remained there some
time. This was New York justice. 1t re-
mains to be seen how the Chicago case will
be disposed of.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25

The Baltimore Manufacturers Record, in
view of the fact that the cotton tax collected
during and Immediately after the war has
been declared illegal by the supreme court,
suggests that the seventy-fiye millions of
dollars which were collected from the farm
ers of the southern states be restored to the
south by congress to be used as fund for
educational purposes.
In our opinion, it will be time enough to
discuss the uses to which the cotton tax
money is be put after it has been restored
to the states from which it was illegally
taken. The money belongs to the farmers Of
the southern states, and congress has nothing
to do but to restore it to the states in which
it was collected. 1t is fund which be-
longs to the class which paid it.
Let the money be restored, and then dis
cussion as to its proper distribution will be
in order,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
Mcather PredicIions.

The claim is made that about sixty-cieht
per cent of the predictions of the signal ser
vice turn ont to be correct.
Under the circumstances this is doing very
well, but as a rule the weather predictions
are very disappointing on great occasions
when people are anxious to know what to
depend upon. Nine times out of ten, when
there is celebration, or big day, the pre-
diction of fair weather is followed by rain, or
a wet programme gives way to bright sun
shine.
So unreliable is the guess work of the sig
nal service on these special occasions that
the people are in the habit of carrying their
umbrellas and waterproofs when fair weather
is predicted, and, on the other hand, they
sail out in summer attire when it is an
nounced that it will be cold and rainy.
In order to be prepared for what comes
every man should be his own weather pro-
phot. This schedule will not bring any ex-
traordinary number ofdisappointments, and
it works very satisfactorily with people of
the "griu-and-bear-it' temperament. After
all, too much importance is attached to the
weather, The best way is to so ahead re-
CARELESS.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
The Country is Safe.

It is gratifying to note the pro1nptness
with which Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew has
repudiated certain statements credited to
him in a recent St. Louis interview.
In the published interview Mr.. Depew
was made to predict a period of financial
disasters resulting from the over-construc-
ton of railways and land speculation. 1t
seems that the interviewer misunderstood
the drift Of the conversation. Mr.. Depew
admits that he expressed the opinion that
there was too much railway activity in the
northwest, but the business interests of the
country appear to him to be in healthy
and prosperous condition.
OF course there are prophets of evil even
in the best of times, but it is pleasant to be
assured that bright, brainy man like Mr..
Depew is not one of them. The fact is, the
unhealthy booms in railways and real es-
tate, during the present year, have been
sporadic and local. There has been no gen.
eral tendency in that direction. All the signs
of the times indicate an era of prosperity
for several years to come, and the croaker
who predicts financial panic will find it
difficult to give sound reasons for his evil
forebodings.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.

GoBBLE IS THE name of new postmaster ia
Virginia. A great many prominent politicians
belong to the Gobble family.
Mrs. JOHN JACOB AsToR is sick because
she ate too many apple dumplings. She is sick
in very good cause.
DENNIS KEARNEY met his match in New
York the other day. Wong Ching Foo, the
Chinaman, tackled him in public debate and
got the best of it.
The CINCINNATI CoMMERCIAL-G AzETTH
appears to be stuck on the poetry that occas.
ionally appears in these columns. Mr.. Hal;
stead should see some that we are compelled to
suppress on account of its sunny exubeTance.
THE EPIDEMIC OF sudden deaths is on again.
No one locality is afflicted. and no one disease
does the work 1t is possible that the changes
OF the seasons give feeble systems a fatal
shock.
FRED NIUssEY, of the Cincinnati Commers
cial-Gazette, has enjoyed the inestimable priy-
ilege of sleeping under a confederate flag since
his stay in Atlanta. And he is proud of the
fact.
THE CORRESPONDENT OF the Chicago Tribs
une was insulted in Chattanooga and resented
it in Atlanta His careWOrn face appealed to,
many strangers who knew nothing of his par
thetic history.
DUNLAP, THE BANK robber, will get out OF
the Massachusetts, penitentiary next year. He
refuses to disclose the hiding place of the
million dollars realized by his steal and exc
poets to have good time when he secures his
liberty.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
Two Remarkable Deaths.

The epidemic of sudden deaths in Mem
phis will alarm people in that city and else
where.
Judge Fllet and President Montgomery.
of the Jockey club, expired under some
what similar circumstances. Both fell dead
in public place, on great occasion, just
after they had finished delivering their
speeches.
1t is easy to say that they were the vic
TINS of heart disease, but this is not en-
tirely satisfactory. Did the excitement of
the occasion, the exertion of speaking have
anything to do with these deaths?
A person afflicted with heart disease
should,as far as possible, avoid agitation and
excitement. The friction of enthusiastic
crowds is bad. The mental and physical
strain of set speech is dangerous. Il
Judge Ellet and President Montgomery had
kept away from the places where they were
stricken, we have little doubt that they
would have been alive TODAY,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
They Are Coming.

Among the visitors to the Piedmont Ex4
position were several notably large delega-
tions from the northwest.
An Atlanta man pleasantly suggested to-
an Iowan that he would do well to remain
in this part of the country.
81 came with a view to settling here, ~
replied the Iowan, ''and that is WHAT
brought most of us down this way''
In the course of further conversation tho
visitor said that the people of the northwest
were growing tired of their rigorous win
tiers. ''Our winter" he said, 'lasts about
eight months, and a man practically loses
half of lifetime so far as outdoor work id
concerned. Thousands of our people ara
asking themselves why they should remair
handicapped by such disadvantages Wa
want to move south if we can see our wav
clear.''
Before the exposition we predicted the
coming of this scouting party of immigrants.
With a little encouragement a tremendous
tide of immigration can be turned south
ward. These immigrants will be Ameri.
cans. They will readily adapt themselves
to our conditions and in a short time be-
come thoroughly southern.
1t has not been the policy of this region
to force immigration, and it may be best to-
let it be governed by natural laws One
thing, however, is certain. The present
temper of the northwest is such that a very
small effort on the part of any of the Pied5
mont states would draw thousands upon
thousands of frst-class settlers this way
and they would come in rush. When
people are tired of fighting the forces OF
nature it is an easy matter to persuade them
to come where both man and nature stand
ready to aid them.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
The Cotton Movement.

TIE New York Financial Chronicle says
that for the week ending Friday evening,
the total receipts have reached 271, 100 bales,
against 276,S76 bales last week, Psi, 1S6
bales the previous week and 23S, 745 bales
three weeks since, making the total receipts
since the LIST of September, 1886, /, 49,, 637
bales, against Loss, 318 bales for the same
period of 1886, showing an increase since
September l, 1887, of 800, 310 bales
The exports for the week reach a total of
176,S bales, of which IS, 266 were to Great
Britain, 1893 to France and 76,584 to the
rest of the continent. The imports into
continental ports have been 1000 bales.
There has been an increase in the cotton in
sight tonight of 401 ,S16 bales as compared
with the same date of 1886, an increase of
391 ,284 bales as compared with the CORE
spending date of 1855 and an increase of
213, 511 bales as compared with 1884.
The old interior stocks have increased
during the week ~, 078 bales and are A $50
bales more than at the same period last
year. The receipts at the same towns have
been 4,517 bales more than the same week
last year, and since September 1 the re-
ceipts at all the towns are 1914, 70S bales
more than for the same time in 1886.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September l, 1887, are 500, 507 bales;
in 1886 were ,222, 10 bales; in 1885 were
1865, 1872 bales. Although the receipts at
the outports the past week were 271 ,79O
bales, the actual movement from plantations
was 321 ,919 bales, the balance going to in
Af,a.s -, ..,,4
year the receipts from the plantations for
the same week were 308, 4S7 bales, and for
1885 they were 303, 754 bales.
The increase in amount in sight TONIGHT.
as compared with last year, is 400, 555 bales.
the increase as compared with 1885 is III
297 bales, and the increase over 1884 is
423, 922 bales The total sales for forward
delivery for the week are 903. 700 bales. For
immediate delivery the total sales foot ND
this week 1,760 bales, including - for
export, ,G62 for consumption, IS for specu-
lation, and - in transit.
The Chronicles weather reports indicate
that in general picking continues to make
good progress, although alta few points there
has been some interruption by rain. The
crop is being marketed freely.
The Chronicle says that the speculation
in cotton for future delivery at New York
has continued active throughout most of the
week under review, and prices have made
some further advance; the opening was
weak. The bulls apparently "let 20 to get
better hold" for on Tuesday, after The
effect Of lower Liverpool report had cx-
pended itself, they began buying again with
much freedom, without other active indu-
ence in their support than that which might
be derived from a violent storm in the east
ern gulf states afterwards moving north
east), and on Wednesday there was renewed
buoy@ucy, following a marked advance at
Liverpool
Thursday, an early decline in the face of
a stronger Liverpool report was followed by
a fresh advance, most decided in the early
months. Friday there was an early decline
under sales to realize, but the pressure on
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-25
OUR "CHRISTMAS Box OF
PRESENTS.

On January LIST we will distribute 81 900
among our subscribers From September LIST to
January stwe put the name Of every subscriber
received in a box. On the latter date we shake
mp the box thoroughly. A hole is cut in it.
One Of our weekly agents, in the presence Of
three others-draws out name. That name
gets $500, the box is then shaken again, and
another name drawn. That name gets 500,
and so on through the list.
Now you ought to subscribe for the paper
without expecting to get one Of the presents.
Pay for IT, for itself just as you have always
done. From reading the paper you get your
moneys WORTH and more for your money
than any other paper gives you. BE satisfied
with THAT. Then if you get the $500, or the
500 or even one Of the 50 presents, take it
with our best wishes and our Christmas E1eet-
ingsl
OF course we do not pretend that every sub
scriber will get present. Not one in every
hundred will get one. But every subscriber
will have an equal chance. The box VIII
have the name Of every subscriber sent in be-
fore January LIST and no other names. Three
agents from different states will shake the box
and win draw out a name while the others
hold It. You viii have just exactly the same
chance every other subscriber has. Some per
sons win get every prize. 1t may just as well
be you as any one else.
We do claim this. We furnish You the big
gest and best paper that's printed. We furnish
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No other paper does this. So, if You like our
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